All in white with a halo over his hockey...

GREAT ONE FUN.

August 30, 1988

OTTAWA — GREAT ONE FUN. All in white with a halo over his hockey helmet, Wayne Gretzky leaps onstage and does a pirouette. Offered a towel, The Great One replies, ''Oh no, thanks. I don't sweat.'' After leaving the Edmonton Oilers for the Los Angeles Kings, some Canadians don't see No. 99 as a saint. But it makes for hilarity in the musical Thin Ice which played at the National Arts Center. The play pokes fun at Canada's No. 1 sport and also at Canada's No. 2 pastime, bashing Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.